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Re: [CQ-Contest] cqww ssb spotting report

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cqww ssb spotting report
From: "Simon Brown, HB9DRV" <simon@hb9drv.ch>
Reply-to: "Simon Brown, HB9DRV" <simon@hb9drv.ch>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:56:45 +0100
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As a person who turns up to give away points and also maybe work some DX I
must say that the DX Clusters aren't really that useful as I have a weak
signal at the moment (the 10kW amplifier and 5 element beam for 80m are
still just a dream).

Although I have good access to a DX Cluster I didn't work a single station
as a result, rather by persistence and hearing rare stations calling CQ all
alone on 10m. Where the DX Cluster did help was trying to find the callsign
of the station buried under a huge pileup of assorted Europeans. By the time
a station has been spotted it's too later for the likes of me.

The easiest way for me to find DX in a contest is to look at my IC-7800's
spectrum scope and just turn the dial. So as far as I am concerned spotting
a station a zillion times in a contest just doesn't help, and the big
players are loud enough anyway - the DX Cluster doesn't make any difference.
The Cape Verde station was so strong he could have been operating from the
same commune!

New high-end from Germany: http://www.hilberling.de/produkte/pt-8000a.htm

Simon Brown
www.hb9drv.ch

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